MSI outsources own-brand Sandy Bridge notebooks to Pegatron

Mar 25, 01:15

Micro-Star International (MSI) has outsourced the production of its own-brand 15.6-inch Sandy Bridge notebook, the CX640, to Pegatron Technology in order to shore up its profitability...

Nvidia launches new 3D Vision glasses and entry-level GPU

Mar 17, 01:25

Nvidia recently launched a new 3D Vision bundle priced US$149, lower than US$199 of the previous 3D Vision bundle, to boost demand for 3D applications, according to the company.

MSI denies plans to cut global personnel by 3-5%

Mar 16, 01:20

Micro-Star International (MSI) will reportedly start downsizing personnel in Taiwan, China and other offices by 3-5% on April 1, 2011, according to industry sources.

Motherboard players see revenue drop in February

Mar 10, 01:10

Taiwan-based motherboard players including Asustek Computer, Pegatron Technology, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI) have all reported drop in February revenues due...

Notebook brands to compete against Apple with tablet PC-featured netbook

Mar 8, 02:00

Global notebook brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI), facing strong competition from Apple's iPad, are changing...

Makers raise motherboard prices, says paper

Newswatch - Mar 4, 17:06

Taiwan-based motherboard makers including Micro-Star International (MSI), Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have all raised their motherboard prices to reflect the rising cost...

Intel pushes standardization for all-in-one PCs

Mar 3, 14:36

Intel is cooperating with Taiwan-based all-in-one PC makers including Mitac International, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) to push standardization...

MSI expected to see 10-15% notebook shipment growth in 2011

Feb 25, 17:01

Taiwan-based notebook vendor Micro-Star International (MSI) is expected to see its notebook shipments grow 10-15% on year in 2011, up from its shipments of 2.8 million units in 2010,...

First-tier motherboard makers to begin shipping boards with fixed Intel chipsets soon

Feb 25, 01:20

Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology, Micro-Star International (MSI), Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) and ASRock have all received small-volume shipments of fixed 6-series chipsets...

MSI steps into production of smart robot cleaners

Feb 24, 16:46

Micro-Star International (MSI) has stepped into the production of smart robot vacuum cleaners for ODM clients and sale under its own brand FunRobot, according to the company.

MSI to show WindPad 110W equipped with AMD C-50 APU at CeBIT

Feb 24, 14:39

Micro-Star International (MSI) will showcase the 10.1-inch WindPad 110W, its tablet PC featuring AMD dual-core C-50 (Ontario series) APU under Brazos low-power architecture and Widows...

Samsung places about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 orders for new Galaxy Tab

Feb 15, 02:10

Korea-based brand vendor Samsung Electronics has placed orders to Nvidia for about 1-1.5 million Tegra 2 processors and will be used for its new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PC,...

China market: Motherboard shipments affected by booming notebook, netbook and tablet sales

Feb 1, 14:43

Sales of motherboards in China's DIY channels have been eroded by booming sales of notebooks with improved performance and the increasing popularity of tablets and netbooks, with...

ASRock becomes the third-largest brand in motherboard industry in 2010

Jan 27, 01:15

Taiwan-based motherboard brand ASRock shipped eight million branded motherboards in 2010 and became the third-largest motherboard brand, surpassing Micro-Star International (MSI)...

CES 2011: Nvidia to ship at least 15 million Tegra series processors in 2011

Jan 6, 01:30

Nvidia, with orders from tablet PCs, smartphones and car electronics, is expected to have already landed orders for about 15 million Tegra-based processors in 2011. Tegra will become...

MSI, Gigabyte to outsource notebooks to Pegatron, Clevo, says paper

Newswatch - Jan 4, 15:51

Taiwan-based notebook makers Micro-Star International (MSI) and Gigabyte Technology reportedly will outsource their notebook production to Pegatron Technology and Clevo, respectively,...

MSI to showcase new all-in-one PCs, motherboards and graphics cards at CES 2011

Jan 4, 01:25

Micro-Star International (MSI), in addition to its notebooks and tablet PCs, will also showcase its latest all-in-one PCs, motherboards and graphics cards at Consumer Electronics...

All Taiwan motherboard makers fail to achieve 2010 shipment goals

Dec 30, 01:30

Affected by the bond crisis in Europe and weaker-than-expected demand in China, Taiwan-based motherboard makers have all failed to achieve their shipment goals for 2010. As China...

AMD readies next-generation netbook/tablet PC platform

Dec 30, 01:15

AMD is set to announce its Brazos platform, a combination of the company's Ontario APU and Hudson chipset, at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011. The company has already prepared...

MSI to outsource some notebook production beginning 2011, says chairman

Dec 29, 01:15

Micro-Star International (MSI) will outsource a portion of its notebooks to Taiwan-based ODMs beginning 2011 mainly due to unstable labor supply in China. It will not consider EMS...

Taiwan market: Netbook price dropping to a new low

Dec 28, 01:30

Strong tablet PC demand continues to impact netbook market and several brand vendors in Taiwan have dropped their netbook price further to attract consumers.

PC makers face difficulty cutting into car electronics industry

Dec 24, 16:24

Several PC makers such as Micro-Star International (MSI) and Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) have been aggressively cutting into the car electronics and telematics...

ECS, Asustek, MSI to showcase tablet PCs at CES 2011

Dec 23, 01:10

Elitegroup Computer System (ECS), Asustek Computer and Micro-Star International (MSI) are all preparing to showcase their latest tablet PCs at CES 2011.

Taiwan makers plan to hike motherboard prices

Dec 17, 01:25

Taiwan-based motherboard makers including Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) plan to hike the prices of their motherboards to reflect rising...

MSI to launch 10-inch Wintel-based tablet PCs in January-February

Dec 17, 01:20

Micro-Star International (MSI) plans to launch its first 10-inch Wintel-based tablet PC in January-February 2011 before launching ARM-based models in April or May. The ARM-based models,...

Taiwan market: MSI remains largest all-in-one PC vendor in 3Q10

Nov 25, 01:30

Micro-Star International (MSI) continued to be the largest vendor of all-in-one PCs in the Taiwan market in the third quarter of 2010 with a market share of 61% in terms of sales,...

Gigabyte receives server orders for 1Q11, says paper

Newswatch - Nov 23, 15:44

Gigabyte Technology has received server orders from clients in the US and will start shipping in the first quarter of 2011, helping the company's 2011 revenues from the server segment...

Asustek, MSI, Gigabyte, Pegatron see October revenues down sequentially

Nov 10, 01:50

Asustek Computer, Micro-Star International (MSI), Gigabyte Technology and Pegatron Technology on November 9 reported revenues for October 2010, all slipping on month by 2-9.9%.

Netbook shipments of Taiwan-based vendors from 2007-2010

Oct 31, 16:41

Netbooks are low-cost notebooks with screen sizes below 10-inch mainly designed for Internet usage. Devices adopt either a solid state drive (SSD) or traditional hard drive and typically...

MSI launches 3D notebook

Oct 29, 16:49

Micro-Star International (MSI) has rolled out the FR600 3D multimedia notebook equipped with 3D graphics technology and cinema-quality THX TruStudio Pro smart wrap around sound. Pairing...

MSI postpones Wintel tablet PC; to launch Android model by the end of 1Q11

Oct 21, 02:00

Micro-Star International (MSI) recently decided to postpone its Wintel-based tablet PC, which was originally scheduled to launch in the third quarter, and will launch its Android...

MSI showcases two cleaning robots at Canton Fair in China

Oct 18, 11:33

Micro-Star International (MSI is exhibiting two cleaning robots, iCleaner M800 and iCleaner R500, at the 2010 China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) taking place in Guangzhou,...

MSI announces new 17-inch multimedia notebooks

Oct 15, 16:46

Micro-Star International (MSI) has announced the new 17.3-inch FX700 and FR700 notebooks featuring Intel's Core i5 processor and MSI's exclusive TDE Turbo technology.